Any advice on navigating this would be great, my MIL lost her husband 5 years ago, before this she wasn't no where near as involved in our relationship as she is now. She has always been very overbearing with my husband, her son, but managed to not let it spill into our relationship as much.. We got married 5 years ago and had our son a year ago. She seems very threatened by me and tries her best to make me feel like crap in subtle ways (yes, i am sensitive!) I notice my husband regularly discusses me with his mum and vice versa, when she is here/around I feel on the outside. She doesn't speak good english either so attempts to not talk to me directly or ignores questions I might ask to look interested.. long and short of it, we have had a really tough year since our son has been born and i know my husband shares details of each disagreement we have and she holds things against me. She is very manipulative and controlling and will ignore part of my messages/questions., also with our son she will run in his room during the night every time he cries and smirks at me while holding him.. she likes to literally grab him out of my arms too.. sounds ridiculous but this is her behaviour! I am convinced she is a narcissist, loves causing drama and seeing me struggle. I fell over last Christmas due to sheer exhaustion and injured my wrist/ankle, she laughed under her breathe and smirked, all the while my husband was worried/panicked! I know for sure she would prefer it if i wasn't around - I now have to spend yet another xmas with her :/ it does drive a wedge between how close i feel with my husband for sure.. she looks down at me as though i am not good enough for her son and never have been.. yes i know some of you will say i have insecurities about this and yes, i do!! after been having made to feel this way, I am setting boundaries and ideally don't want her round me or my son!! i know i can't do that though.. but she is very hard work and causes my relationship problems!!
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